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Author Mattern, Mark, 1954-

Title Putting ideas to work : a practical introduction to political thought / Mark Mattern
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  320.01 Mat/Pit  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 459 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Pt. I. The individual and the community -- 1. Radical individualism and the tragedy of the commons -- 2. Democratic community -- Pt. II. Freedom and equality -- 3. Radical inequality and its roots -- 4. More freedom and equality? -- Pt. III. Justice and political order -- 5. Thrasymachus was right -- 6. No peace without justice -- Pt. IV. Democracy and capitalism -- 7. An unhappy marriage -- 8. Democracy as a way of life -- Pt. V. Power and citizenship -- 9. Power and the disappearing citizen -- 10. Power and the revival of citizenship
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Political science -- Philosophy.
Political ethics.
Political planning.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
LC no. 2005037439
ISBN 9780742548893 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742548909 (paperback: alk. paper)
0742548899 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742548902 (paperback: alk. paper)